STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Maybe he's trying to get a few laughs, but there have been several reports of a mysterious clown wandering the borough, and he seems to be spooking Staten Islanders on social media.

This clown is also bald and was spotted holding green and yellow balloons.

Sightings have been reported by the Grasmere and Richmond Valley train stations. Two photos of the oddball have appeared on Instagram, with one showing the clown standing in front of a detour sign. Another image shows him lurking behind a tree.

One Instagram user compared the costumed character to Bozo, a former professional wrestler known as Doink, and the infamous Pennywise, from Stephen King's "It."

Westerleigh resident Vincent Innocente spotted the clown by the South Shore train station around 8 p.m. Sunday.

"He was just kinda standing there waving like he is in the picture," he said, calling it very bizarre.

Twitter users have been losing their minds over the clown's recent appearances, including Robert Privitera, who photographed the character in Grasmere.

"Bro I did a double take," he tweeted, "my heart stopped."

"The fact that there's some [expletive] dressing as a clown and roaming around Staten Island has me never wanting to leave my house," wrote @LisaCattt.

So Im not cool with this staten island clown thing that's developing at the moment.